Honeywell RTH7600D Touchscreen 7-Day Programmable Thermostat

by Honeywell

Product Description

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Keep your home comfortable and cash in on energy savings with the RTH7600D seven-day programmable touchscreen thermostat from Honeywell (formerly packaged as model number RTH7600B). Designed for easy use and quick installation and packed with convenient features, this thermostat gives you programmable, customizable control over your home's temperature without having to make constant manual adjustments.

RTH7600D 7-Day Programmable Touchscreen Thermostat At A Glance Customized temperature setting for four periods per day Effective energy expense savings Backlit display and easy-to-use touchscreen Intuitive adjustment for precise comfort control Compatibility with a range of heating and cooling systems

The customized settings add luxury to your home while affording you valuable savings on your energy bill. View larger.

Enjoy the freedom of this thermostat's pre-programming features to fit your different daily needs. View larger.

Convenient and Efficient for At-Home Comfort
Offering the ability to program each day differently and to customize temperatures for four periods per day, this thermostat makes it easy to heat or cool your home for optimum comfort. It features exclusive Honeywell Smart Response Technology and a feature that enables auto changes from heating to cooling, which continually adjust the pre-heating or cooling of your home for effective results and precise comfort control within one-degree F of your desired temperature.

A straightforward, green backlit display and easy-to-use touchscreen keep operation and programming simple. And this display is easy to read, even in dimly lit rooms and hallways.

An Easy Way to Save Energy and Money
If programmed as directed, this thermostat provides the ability to save up to 33 percent on annual heating and cooling costs (savings may depend on geographic region and energy usage).

For added convenience, the thermostat unit can be run using battery power or using power from your heating/cooling system, giving you the option of permanently eliminating battery changes.

Convenient, Intelligent Features and Broad Compatibility
This thermostat delivers permanent day and time settings that are even maintained during power outages, and it offers the option of automatically adjusting for Daylight Savings Time as well as a filter-change reminder function that can help you keep your heating-cooling system operating at its best.

This thermostat is compatible with a broad range of 24-volt heating and air-conditioning systems, including both single-stage and multi-stage heating and cooling systems, heat pumps with and without auxiliary (back-up) heat, gas fireplaces, and heating-only or cooling-only systems. It is not compatible with electric baseboard heat (120 to 240 volts). 

The thermostat is backed by a one-year limited warranty.

About Honeywell
With more than 120 years of trusted reliability, Honeywell International is a diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes, and industry; automotive products; turbochargers; and specialty materials.

What's in the Box
One Honeywell RTH7600D seven-day programmable touchscreen thermostat, wire labels, wall anchors, mounting hardware, and an installation and user guide.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 3.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001FWZ7IW
• Item model number: RTH7600D
• Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (309 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113 in Home Improvement (See Top 100 in Home Improvement)
  • #1 in Home Improvement > Building Supplies > Heating & Cooling > Thermostats & Accessories > Thermostats > Programmable
  • #24 in Home Improvement > Contractor Supply

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

298 of 304 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Honeywell programmables are the Cadillac of tstats, January 11, 2009

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SirWired (Raleigh, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honeywell RTH7600D Touchscreen 7-Day Programmable Thermostat (Tools & Home Improvement)

Honeywell makes a very large line of programmable electronic thermostats. At first glance, this particular thermostat has nothing to distinguish it from any other programmable tstat from your local hardware store. (7-day programming, +/- 1 degree accuracy, etc.) However, this thermostat has some functions that make it quite a bit better. I've had RiteTemp's and Lux tstats, and this one is much better.

Most electronic thermostats kick on the system when you are one degree under, and then run it until you are one degree over. This (and all Honeywell electronic tstats) instead target a certain number of cycles per hour (based on system type), and try and hold the temperature as constant as possible. Since I installed this a few days ago, it has not budged off of the setpoint.

Another cool feature is the recovery feature. Basically, it measures how quickly your house is losing heat (or warming up, in the summer), and kicks on the system at the correct time so it is at your setpoint right at the time you program. This eliminates guessing how long it will take your house to heat so it will be toasty when you get home at 6PM. Instead, you just set the tstat for 6PM and let it figure out the rest.

The install guide is clear and presented me with no problems. Admittedly, I don't have a complicated system (1-stage heat/cool.) It tells you how to properly wire it, and is fairly straightforward on when you need to call for help. Most folks shouldn't have any problems.

IMPORTANT: Use the included wire stickers! Some installers do not attach, say, the white wire to the "W" terminal. Depending on whim, they can completely attach the wires at random. Bad things happen if you plug the wrong wire onto the wrong terminal. If a wire was on the "W" terminal before, it needs to go on the new W terminal, even if it is bright yellow.

I didn't have any trouble at all programming this one... in a few easy steps:
1) Hit the "Schedule" button.
2) Use the arrow keys and the "select" button to select which day(s) you want to program. Hit "Next Step".
3) Use the arrow keys and "Next Step" to go through the setpoints and times.
4) Hit "Done" when finished.

If you need to set any advanced options (like changing to a two-stage furnace or A/C, setting heat pump options, etc.): Hit "System", then hold down "Fan" for five seconds. Use the table in the manual and "Next Step" to pull up the option you need to change and use the arrow keys to change it. I set up the Filter Change Reminder that way. The fact you have to refer to the manual isn't that bad since they are options you won't have to change more than once.

72 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very good thermostat, July 8, 2009

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This review is from: Honeywell RTH7600D Touchscreen 7-Day Programmable Thermostat (Tools & Home Improvement)

I had a new Bryant small packaged system installed and decided to replace my older White-Rogers digital thermostat with Honeywell RTH7600.

Three days after the installation the thermostat is working fine. The numbers are large and clear, the programming was easy and intuitive. It is quite a bit smaller than the old White-Rogers and looks more elegant. I like that the thermostat can be taken off the wall and programmed while you sit in a chair.

I noticed a few issues, but nothing to prevent me from recommending this thermostat. These are the issues that I wanted to mention:

1. There is no back light button. For the back light to turn on, you have to touch one of the buttons on the screen. Once you do that, it activates the appropriate function (lowers temp setting, goes into fan functions, etc.) Then, you have to cancel that operation if that is not what you want. Therefore, just a simple checking of the temperature setting in the dark involves a bunch of button presses.

2. Advanced programming relies on codes. I needed to use the advance programming to set a reminder for filter replacement. The advanced functions use codes like 0120, 0170, 0300, etc. instead of words. Then, you have to select an appropriate switch for each function, e.g. "0" off, "1" 1 month filter reminder, "2" 3 months filter reminder, etc. I would prefer English words on screen rather than codes. However, codes are very clearly explained in the installation manual, so you better hold on to it if you need to use advance settings in the future.


UPDATE: It's been a year and a half since the installation and the thermostat is working fine. I decided not to do any advance settings for auto switch between the heater and A/C. It is still on it's first set of rechargeable LSD AA batteries (Sony CycleEnergy AAs). I am satisfied with this thermostat and, other than the lack of a backlight button, I do not have any concerns.

58 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, ease to-use thermostat, February 1, 2009

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D. Compton (Indianapolis, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honeywell RTH7600D Touchscreen 7-Day Programmable Thermostat (Tools & Home Improvement)

I had bought this for use on my Carrier Heat Pump with Auxiliary heat. I had a hard time figuring out if it was compatible with this configuration but this is the unit you would want. It was only a couple of bucks more for the touchscreen so I went for it.

Amazon shipped it out to me from a warehouse that is only about 20 miles from my home in Indy and for some reason it took 10 days from the time of shipping! That was a disappointment but once I got it here it was easy to install and setup even for my complicated setup. I read some reviews that complained about the back light feature not being easy to turn on and I do agree with that problem which is the only reason for the 4-stars instead of 5. To get the back light to turn on, you have to hit a button on the screen which ends up changing something that you may not have wanted to change or gone to a menu that you did not want. What they need to do is design a button on the top of the unit (outside of the touchscreen) that you could easily find in the dark which will light up the screen.

Once installed, setting the unit up and programming the features as well as setting up the schedule and temperatures was a piece of cake. I'm not sure why others had problems I thought it was easy (although I am an engineer!). Also, I read a review that mentioned a loud "clicking" noise the unit makes when kicking on and off. I disagree with this as the standard Carrier thermostat that came with my furnace was noticeably louder than this Honeywell unit so I am pleased with that.

I would recommend this unit to anyone but just don't expect the back light feature to be useful as I still have to turn on the hall light to see what I'm doing so the feature is pretty much useless. Its easy to install, easy to operate, and should end up saving me a lot of money on my electric bill!